soft-heartedness

A form of softheartedness — The state or condition of being softhearted; sentimental tenderness.

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Meanings

nounsoft-heartedness (uncountable)
  1. alternativeuncountableAlternative form of softheartedness.

    For his soft-heartedness, his forgiving and undemanding nature, the governor was called by the diminutive "Inzushko.

    1999, Юрий Дружников, Prisoner of Russia: Alexander Pushkin and the Political Uses of Nationalism, →ISBN, page 79
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    Her mother did not interfere with her; but her father used to be very indignant with his daughter, for her – as he called it – vulgar soft-heartedness, and declared there was not room to move for the cats and dogs in the house.

    2006, Ivan Turgenev, On the Eve, →ISBN, page 38

Origin

From soft-hearted + -ness.

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APA

soft-heartedness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/soft-heartedness

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“soft-heartedness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/soft-heartedness. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “soft-heartedness,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/soft-heartedness.

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